Apparently word has begun to get out that a few of the higher-falutin' World of Warcraft guild leaders have been receiving personal invites to participate in closed beta testing of the Burning Cruade expansion due out this fall. A good sign that the game is solid enough shape at this point for regular folk to get a crack at it. 

Beta testing has not actually begun just yet but is expected to begin soon and Blizzard is asking that none of the 6-plus million WoWers contact them begging to be included in the testing. So don't be a whiny nerdlinger and offer your Star Wars collections to get into Outland any earlier than rest of us. If you really deserve to be in on the testing you will be.